PLAYER CAREER

Purnima Rau

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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India1993–2000

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	5	8	6	6	1995-02-07	1999-07-15
ODI	29	26	21	21	1993-07-20	2000-12-20

38Internationals

639Career runs

0Centuries

65Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 5
Innings: 8
Runs: 123
Average: 15.37
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 33
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 5
Innings: 8
Balls: 1,164
Maidens: 73
Runs conceded: 319
Wickets: 15
Average: 21.26
Economy: 1.64
Strike rate: 77.60
Best innings: 5/24
Best match: 7/98
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 5
Innings: 9
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.111
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 33
Innings: 27
Runs: 516
Average: 21.50
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 67*
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 33
Innings: 33
Balls: 1,557
Maidens: 43
Runs conceded: 844
Wickets: 50
Average: 16.88
Economy: 3.25
Strike rate: 31.14
Best innings: 4/26
Best match: 4/26
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 33
Innings: 33
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.242
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

34 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2000-12-20	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2000-12-15	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 141 runs
2000-12-11	India v Ireland	ODI	India won by 30 runs
2000-12-09	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 74 runs
2000-12-06	Australia v India	ODI	Australia won by 51 runs
2000-12-04	England v India	ODI	India won by 8 runs
2000-11-30	India v South Africa	ODI	India won by 8 wickets
1999-07-15	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1999-07-11	England v India	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1999-07-09	England v India	ODI	India won by 86 runs
1999-07-06	England v India	ODI	India won by 1 wickets
1999-06-26	India v Ireland	ODI	India won by 161 runs

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199598 runs
199925 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19958 wickets
19997 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1999	1	2	25	21	12.50	—	0	0	—	—	—	2	7	14.00	2.13	39.42
1995	4	6	98	33	16.33	36.56	0	0	11	0	268	6	8	27.62	1.49	111.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199357 runs
1995231 runs
199758 runs
199924 runs
2000119 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19939 wickets
199512 wickets
19978 wickets
19998 wickets
20006 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2000	7	5	119	67	29.75	46.66	1	11	0	255	7	6	25.33	3.37	45.00
1999	4	3	24	14	8.00	—	0	—	—	—	4	8	15.12	4.03	22.50
1997	4	4	58	24	14.50	48.33	0	7	0	120	4	8	11.62	3.40	20.50
1995	10	10	231	60	25.66	73.33	1	24	0	315	10	12	28.16	3.55	47.50
1993	4	4	57	31	19.00	—	0	—	—	—	4	9	9.66	2.39	24.22

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1993-07-20
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Nottingham
1999-07-15
Best recorded bowling · 5/24
Test v England · Shenley
2000-12-20
Highest recorded innings · 67* runs
ODI v New Zealand · Lincoln
2000-12-20
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Lincoln